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CHAPTER VI.
PHILOSOPHY.

“ Wuar a noble great fire!” said Lucy.

“Yes,” replied her mother; “in the night 1
think that that fire would make quite a spectacle.”

“ Would it burn brighter in the night?” said
Lucy.

“No, it would not really burn any brighter, but
it would look brighter. It would illuminate the
whole sky. It is a fine fire now; but it does not
make such a display in the daytime, as it would
in thenight. Just like the candle in your lantern ;
you remember how dim it looked. ‘That was be-
cause it was surrounded by daylight.”

T should think we could see things better by
daylight,” said Lucy.

“We can, every thing but fires and lights,”
replied her mother. “Those we can see better
in the night.” .

‘Why is it so, mother?” said Lucy.

‘Why, the light of the sun and of the: day is
so bright that we can’t see the light of the fire.”